His followers and party men were expecting to see him as cabinet minister birth after the latest reshuffle, but their hope dashed as he was merely give additional charge on MoS in HRD
He has been given additional charge of MoS in HRD apart from being the Minister of State for external affairs.
Ahamed met Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of Human Resource Development before assuming the charge of Ministry. In his introductory meeting with the senior ministry officials he was briefed about the procedure and various functioning of the ministry. Termed his new portfolio as a challenge he said that he would try to live up to the expectations of the people.
E. Ahamed was a Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly consecutively for 5 terms from 1967 to 1991. From then he is member of Lok Sabha. He has had a long and distinguished career as a legislator and Parliamentarian. He represents Malaappuram constituency of Kerala.